Principal Financial Group Inc. Stock Rises Tuesday, Still Underperforms Market
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Shares of Principal Financial Group Inc. (PFG) inched 0.14% higher to $80.14 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.63% to 3,859.11 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.07% to 31,836.74. This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains. Principal Financial Group Inc. closed $0.25 short of its 52-week high ($80.39), which the company achieved on October 24th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as AFLAC Inc. (AFL) rose 0.11% to $61.95, Assurant Inc. (AIZ) rose 1.41% to $152.74, and Aegon N.V. ADR (AGN.AE) rose 3.28% to $4.41. Trading volume (2.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.9 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled October 25, 2022.
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October 25, 2022 17:16 ET (21:16 GMT)
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